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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 74, 



on the Islands here. We are having a slow but steady yield, 

 which looks like continuing a couple of weeks longer. If it 

 does, I will get a crop of about 100 pounds average per col- 

 ony for the year, which, altho small, is as good, if not better, 

 than any season since the big freeze. I will return the bees 

 home early in August. 



"I am living with the Keeper of the House of Refuge, 

 United States Life Saving Service, on the ocean beach. When 

 not busy with the bees I can go bathing in the surf, fishing, 

 hunting shells or turtle eggs. I have found four nests, about 

 600 eggs, since being here, besides turning one turtle that 

 weighed over 200 pounds. I wish you could be here for a 

 few days. I think I could show you many curiosities, and help 

 you to a pleasant time." 



Yes, Mr. Poppleton, we, too, wish that we could be with 

 you awhile and rest up after one of the busiest summers of 

 our life. But we must stay here and keep on grinding out the 

 American Bee Journal week after week. We are glad you are 

 having a pleasant time, and also getting something of a 

 honey crop besides! 



Mr. Thcs. Wm. Cowan and wife have arrived at their 

 home again across the Atlantic. In a letter dated June 27, 

 Mr. Cowan says : 



" We have now returned home after a very enjoyable 



journey and visit to bee-keeping friends I send you a 



copy of the new edition of my ' British Bee-Keepers' Guide- 

 Book,' just out, which will give you some idea of our methods 

 of bee-keeping in this country." 



We are glad to note the safe homeward voyage of our 

 good English friends, and wish to thank Mr. Cowan for the 

 copy of his book. It is what its name indicates — a bee-keep- 

 er's guide-book. It is in Its 15th edition and 35th thousand ; 

 bound in cloth, gilt-lettered, and contains about 200 pages. 

 Any of our readers desiring It, we can have their orders filled 

 on receipt of 75 cents. The book is fully illustrated. 



Mr. Cowan also has another book entitled, "The Honey- 

 Bee : Its Natural History, Anatomy and Physiology." It is 

 the most recent work on the subject, and the one used for all 

 examinations of e.xperts in England. The price is the same 

 as the "Guide-Book." To any one desiring both books, we 

 will have them mailed for .51.4:0. All orders may be sent to 

 this office. 



Mb. Poktek a. M. Feathers Is the somewhat long, 

 tho apparently light and downy, name of a correspondent of 

 the July Progressive Bee-Keeper. He starts off thus : 



" Say, did you know the Progressive Is a ' daisy ?' Why, 



I did not know it until I subscribed for it Really, there 



Is no journal In my estimation which Is any more full up to 

 the brim with business and good, sound bee-advice than the 

 Progressive." 



The above testimonial will be valued more correctly per- 

 haps when it is known that this same Feathers has for over 

 two years owed us .S2.25 on hi.* subscription to the American 

 Bee Journal previous to that time. He promist a year or so 

 ago to pay up, but we presume he found it cheaper to sub- 

 scribe for another bee-paper than to first fulfill his promise 

 to us. 



It might be a good plan for publishers of bee-papers to 

 exchange lists of those who will take a paper for several years 

 and then fail to pay for it. Mr. Newman, who publlsht the 

 American Bee Journal for some 18 years, had lists upon lists 

 of bee-keepers who failed lo pay their subscription, amount- 

 ing to fully .§10,000. During the six years since we have 

 had the Bee Journal, we have accumulated several thousand 

 dollars of what might be called bad subscription debts. 



We cannot understand how any honest man will continue 

 to take and read a paper and then refuse to pay for it. 



We would be willing to unite with the other bee-papers in 

 an agreement to send only to paid-in-advance subscribers. 

 Dare the other papers agree to that ? 



Xlie Names and Addresses of all your bee- 

 friends, who are not now taking the Bee Journal, are wanted 

 at this ofifice. Send them in, please, when sample copies will 

 be mailed to them. Then you can secure their subscriptions, 

 and earn some of the premiums we are offering. The 

 next few months will be just the time to easily get new sub- 

 scribers. Try it earnestly, at least. 



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Every Present Subscriber of the Bee Journal 

 should be an agent for it, and get all other bee-keepers possi- 

 ble to subscribe for it. See premium offers on this page. 



FOR THE READERS OF THE 

 ANERICAX BEE JOVRKAL. 



PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING, 



WITH 



HINTS TO BEGINNERS 



By Mr. C. N. White, of England, 



Author of ■' Bees and Bee-Keeping," " Pleasurable Bee-Keeping," etc. 



Mr. White Is owner of one of the largest apiaries in the 

 country where he lives, and has made a life study of the sub- 

 ject. He Is also lecturer, under the Technical Education 

 Scheme, to several County Councils in England. He will treat 

 the subject in a 



Series of Nine Illustrated Articles : 



!• Creneral and Iiitrodnctorj^* 4. Swarming. 7. Siiperlng. 

 ti. Beew. 5. Hive^. 8. Dit^eascM. 



3. Uandlius Bees. 6. foundation. ». U'luteriug 



This is a series of practical articles that bee-keepers of 

 the United States will not want to miss reading. They will 

 appear only In the American Bee Journal. 



We want our present readers to begin at once to get their 

 neighbor bee-keepers to subscribe for the Bee Journal for the 

 last six months of 1^98, and thus read the articles by Mr. 

 White. In order that all may be able to take advantage of 

 this rare opportunity to learn from a successful and practical 

 English authority on bee-keeping, we will send the American 

 Bee Journal for 



Tlie balance of 1§9§ for only 40 cents— 

 To a NEW Subscriber — liiu§ iiiakiiig it 



SIX MONTHS FOR ONLY 

 FORTY CENTS- 



Which can be sent In stamps or sliver. If you are a subscriber 

 already, show the offer to your bee-keeping neighbors, or get 

 their subscriptions, and we will give you, for your trouble, 

 your choice of one of the following list, for each new -iO-cent 

 subscriber you send: 



For Sendins ONE New 40-cent Subscriber: 



1 Wood Binder for a Year's Bee 



Journals 



2 Queen-CUpplnir Device 



3 Handbook of Health— Dr. Foote 



4 Poultry for Market-Fan. Field 



5 Turkeys tor Market — F.in Field 



6 Our Poultry Doctor— Fan. Field 



7 Capons and Caponlzlng— Field 



8 Kendall's Horse- Book 



9 Mullen's Horse Book 



10 Foul Brood- by Dr. Howard 

 H Silo and Silage— by Prol. Cook 



12 Foul Brood Treatment — by 



Prof. Cheshire 



13 Foul Brood -by A. R. Kohnke 



14 Muth's Practical Hints to Bee- 



Keepers 



15 20 •• Honey as Food" Pamph- 



lets 



16 Rural Life 



For Sendius TWO New 40-cent Subscribers; 



1 Potato Culture— by T. B. Terry 



2 Green's Four Books 



3 Hopps rommercial Calculator 



4 Dr. Tinker's Bee-Keeping tor 



Proflt 



5 40 "Honey as Food" Pamphlets 



6 Winter Problem In Bee-Keeplng 



—by Pierce 



7 Hutchinson's "Advanced Bee- 



Culture 



8 Dr Brown's "Bee-Keeping for 



Beginners " 



9 Blenen-Kultur- German 



10 Bees and Honey- 160 pages — 



by Newman 



11 People's Atlas of the World 



Please remember that all the above premiums are offered 

 only to those who are now subscribers, and who will send In 

 new ones. A new subscriber at 40 cents cannot also claim a 

 premium. 



Now, let every one go to work, and help roll up the largest 

 list of subscribers the old American Bee Journal ever had. It 

 can easily be done if all who possibly can get a few new 

 subscribers will kindly do so. 



OEORGE W. YORK &, CO., 



118 Michigan Street, CHICAGO, ILL. 



